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Thank you.
Yes, we had the strong winds and really bad weather just a few days ago, and TROLLFJORD got hit by a huge wave building up from current weather that evening and "old sea" from the storm before that.
On top of it all it happened at Hustadvika, a place known for strong current and sea building up in combination with that and wind from a certain direction.
And as we learned from our childhood years, be aware of the waves, and specially wave nr. 12 (or was it nr. 7?). That one has a tendency to be larger than the average of the other waves. (Don't know why).

"IF GOD COULD MAKE ANGELS...., WHY IN HELL MAKE MAN?"

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BTW: in the Nautical world we operate with Significant Wave Height (Ws) as the standard term for wave heights in forecasts. It is very difficult to "see" Ws, thus Wmax will frequently be what is reported.
Definition of Ws is: https://www.weather.gov/key/marine_sigwave

Thanks for the wave info.
If the 7th wave is a myth, then it sure has an important role as to educate children to be safe close to the waves, when they play around on the rocks as all coastal children have done in their time.
When we grew up, we even "teased" the waves, and sure, there came a huge wave.
I experience it today too, when I'm at the Atlantic road in rough weather. When I set up myself to take pictures on a safe spot..., after a while, there comes a huge wave which retire just centimeters from my feet.
The scientists might call the 7th wave a myth, and I can agree that it can be anything but the 7th, but they don't have to tell me that there's not a wave much bigger than those average splashing towards me when I'm out there with my camera.

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Thank you.
For #1545/1 I used a tripod (obviously), and my settings were 36mm, ISO100, f/8.0, 15 seconds on the shutter, mirror up function for minimum vibrations and a remote control.
For #1545/3 the settings were 60mm, ISO100, f/8,0 and 20 seconds on the shutter. Just as examples.

Not one Oscar-winning picture in this addition, just two from when Sterkoder got hungry for som "night snack" after an evening in a bar with good friends.
One of my friends and former colleague, is the husband of Renu, a thai chef who just a few weeks ago opened her new restaurant and thai food take-away.
The restaurant was of course closed for the night, but when we are friend with the manager and he has the key...., spring rolls, here we come!

Renu and her husbands small restaurant is across the street from the movie theatre
​​​​​​IMG_2896 by Svein Ludvigsen, on Flickr

And at at around 1:00 AM, there was one happy and well fed Sterkoder around.
​​​​​​IMG_2904 by Svein Ludvigsen, on Flickr

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